Science And Technology

I paid a visit to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in late August. This is one of several national museums in the National Capital Region, and is out in the Gloucester area. It is run by Ingenium, a Crown organization set up by the government, and the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum also fall under the organization. It's been several years since I've paid a visit.

This large lighthouse stands on the grounds.

As does this big locomotive.

And then there is this.

I continued towards the Museum. The building at left is the Ingenium Centre, which houses the Museum's archives, labs, vaults, and workshops.

Here we have the main entrance.

One of the first things you see inside is this big steam engine in the adjacent display area.

The Museum is divided up into quadrants, and in between is Artifact Alley, a good spot to begin a visit, with display cases organized thematically, such as this one focused around winter equipment.

This display case looks at the brand of Canada itself.

Canoes old and new are overhead.

 

Science And Technology

The Canada Museum Of Science And Technology lies out in the Gloucester area southeast of the core. It is the only one of the seven national museums in the national capital area that I had never been to. In August I went, to take in a temporary exhibit before it closed, but also to see what the museum was like. The grounds include a lighthouse, which originally stood at Cape Race in Newfoundland.

It also includes this steam engine. There are more of these inside.

I kept going past this large satellite dish.

The museum itself is directly ahead, while the taller structure at left is a storage facility for the collection.

Around the main entrance are screens with constantly changing images.

And so the path took me to the entrance, where the subject of the temporary exhibit was right on the doors.